Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Notes on the Lesson for Julv IN
=" The Flight Into Esypt.u

IHe light 4nto Egypt"
from Chicago Standard. BY Rev. j. NJ c,..
The lesson is found IN the second chm
of Matthew. from the thirteenth to the iwspp,st
third verses. Time, B &. 4, soon after svasa,
of tho last lesson Places, bethlehem Fa,a,.s Fl,s
Nazareth. Ns'ph
SPECIAL MENTION.
The Journey to haupt. -Joseph's flight ,,,
Egypt involved journey OF more than ,'o tro
hundred miles. He doubtless took the nn,. aNe
direct road, and tins led him nearly 1ue W..
from Bethlehem for seven or eight m;l's Hos'
where he teil into the roai going down iroSn
Jerusalem to GAIA, the road when tho Elm
opian cunuch was a1terward following ,rSar
he was overtaken by Philip lie struck tb,a
road where 1t begins Its descent through t.a
mountain passes into the valley of Elan nns
called Wady Sunt On entering that yaiIoS ISS
he was close in the vicinity OF the batl:
ground where his father, David, slew M
giant, Goliath; for he passed i'll sight Of ibs
village OF shochoh Il sam II: l-5) Whenhs
had passed thence across the lower mountains
III the fhlllstine PLAN and drew near to (iay,
lie tell into the path a.ong which the Josen1
OF old from whom his name was derived. va
led by the lshmaelltes and this he folowsd
tue rest of the way. The path had also hssS
trod by tho feet of Jacob and of Abraham
ana 1t is scarcely possible that Joseph ca6
have failed to remember these incidents. orta
have reflected very solemny on the copnec,
ton between tle promise made to these patri.
archs and the chlld for whom lie was carlne
standard Ecclesiastical Commentary
Sign ifcdmcc Of tie Sojo,uM in EWpt-A
Palestine was under Herod, SO that lie coud
have reached them i'll any part of it; butin
Egypt the fugilives were safe. II was, mon.
over, almost another Judea for the fayor
shown to their race by the Ptolemies had in.
dnced as many as million of Jews to settIe
N the Nile valley; and of the five quarters Of
Alexandra, with 100000 free citizens, Jews
occupied more tllaa two They had temple
of their own at Leontopols, in the Delta ior
about l6O years, though they preferred 10 90
UP to that at Jerusalenl. The Greek transia-
tion of the Bible, VIII ch has already widely
taken the place of tho Hebrew original. had
been made IN Egypt, and the Egyptian rabbis,
by :helr efforts to turn Judaism into philo.
sophie system which should win for it the
favor of the cultivated Romans and the
Greeks, had founded new school for Jewish
theology, which was hereafter to influence
even Christianity. (Gcikie.) The Very land
which was the land of bondage and groanine
Tor the Jews became now the land of refuge
and safety for the newborn King of Judea
God can oyerturn nations and kingdoms SO
that those whom he loves shall be safe any,
where lBarnes.) The flight to Egypt had
three purposes: l. The security of the child
from his enemies. 2, To show the divine
care and valuation of the holy child 3. To
make his childhoods sufrerings an antitype
OF the history of chosen Israel As Israel
went down into Egypt and tarrled there under
compulsion of Herod until restored to
on e90 EFypys n1y da hand God lwsS ss then bs Sou out
namely: His collective son, Israel, and His
individual son. Christ tWeidon) The flight
of our Lord from his own land to the land Of
darkness and idolatly impresses on us the re-
atty of his humiliation. Hcrods cup was we'll
nign full, and the doom that soon overlook
th.
bloody attempt; but Jesus in accepting hu-
manity, accepted all its incidents. He was
saved, not by the intervention of God but by
the obedience of Joseph; and from the storms
or persecution he had to use the common
means Of escape. After the death of Herod,
in less than year, Jesus returned with his
parents to their own land, and went to Naz-
areth, where they abode. (Archbiship Thcmp-
son.)
Herods DEATH 1t has been noticed that the
loathsome disease of which Herod died ia
hardly mentioned in history except in the case
OF men who have been rendered IN amous by
an atrocity of prosecuting zeal. On his bed of
lntolerabie anguish--in that splendid and lux
urious palace which he had built for himself
under the palms of Jericho; swollen with dis
ease and scorched by thirst; liberated ex-
ternally, and glowing inwardiy with 3soft,
slow fire." surrounded by plotting sons and
plunderlng slaves, detesting all and detested
by all; longing for death as a release from
his tortures, yet dreading it us the beginning
of worse terrors; stung by remorse, vet
still unslaked with murder; horror 10
all around him, yet III his guilty con-
science q worse terror to himself; de-
youred by tue premature corruption of an
anticipated grave; eaten of worms as though
vlslbly smitten by the finger of Gods wrath,
after seventy years of successful yilainy-
the wretched old man, whom men had called
the Great, lay in savage frenzy awaiting his
last hour The day of Herod's death was, us
he had foreseen, observed as a festival. His
Will was disputed; his kingdom disintegrated;
his last order was disobeyed; his sons died
for the most part in infamy and exile; tho
curse of God was on his house, and thougA
by ten wives aud many concubines he seems
to have had nine SONS and five daughters YET
within a hundred years the family of tho
hterodoutoS of AsGalon had persisted by
disease or violence, and there was no living
descendant to perpetuate the name. Narrar)
Rdndh-A small town in the tribe of Ben
1amin, anI Blk miles north of Jerusalem 1t
was the birthplace and burial-place of Sam
king Il Sam /: 10 20; 2: IL; S: a; 10: IS; %:
u. Not far distant from Ramah, yet south of
Jerusalem and III the more immediate vicinity
of Bethlehem, was the tomb of Rachel and the
supposed place of her burial Gen. 35: 1920;
As: q. The figure becomes a typical prophecy
of the grief in Bethlehem. Rachei was the
ancestress of the tribe of benjamin, which
was always identified in fortune with Judah,
She well represents the mothers of Bethle-
hem, near to which she died in childbirth, and
was buried The sound of her lamentations
is carried beyond Jerusalem, aud heard at
Ramah. Popular Commentary @Diyne
prophecies" says Lord Bacon, sDeing of the
nature of their Author, with whom thousand
years are as one day, are not punctually tut
filled at once. but have springing and germi-
nant accomplishment throughout many ages:s
and DIR. Wordsworth adds, shave, at length.
their summer blossom and autumnal rlneness
in Christ"
Arc1teldus-Son of Herod the Great by his
favorite wife, Malthace. After Herod he'd
slain his three sons, Aristobulus, Alexander,
and Antipater. he left by will his dominions to
Archelaus as king. Upon the death of Herod
Archelaus was proclaimed king by the popu-
lation, but did not dare TO assume the crown
until his title should be confirmed by the En-
peror of Rome. Therenpon the Jews sent
solemn embassy to the Emperor, petitonng
that they might be exempted from the reign
of any of Herod's family and that Judea
might be governed as a Roman province un-
der the governor of Syria. After reign of
nine years he was deposed by tho Emperor
and died in exile. (Whedon.)
TOPIC AND OUTLINE.
The lesson is full of the various proyi-
dences of God, and We may protitably take as
our study Divine Providence in human life.
We lind that providence is q particular re-
lating to certain person, operating by certain
personSj W nelpiul, by warning, guarding,
watching, protecting, etc. (3) permissiye, al
lowing the wickedness Of Herod, the suffering
of the innocent children; al continuous,
never dying, wavering, or failing; % made
sure to the believer by the promise of God;
~ overruling and supreme; t7) cooperating
with the human in its action.
sEEp-TRUTHS AND GERAr-THoUGHTS
l. Gods timely counsels and warnings to
his people w 1S).
z The child may have far greater name
and work than the mother ". 13)
.. AS the world prosecuted Christ, 80 will ].
persecute his followers ". l3)
4 Obedience is not only the way of safety,
but the way to honor God and his word u,
15l
8. AS Christ was protected and delivered, so
also will his followers be ". 15).
6. Homes should be changed and chosenior
the good of the family (vs. IA, 81, 23)
=. Every word of God will be fulfilled ".
8. There is a reason for every divine com
mand, though it may not appear at first
8 God can make even the violent rage Of
the wicked to work fuliillment of his prophecy
and purpose Tvs, To- Is 23l
III. Little children are the first martyrs,
and even they enter heaven by suffering
II. God gives special help in times of spe-
ClaI Noel and Oerii iva II o.N